"squeak"

In August, cicadas creaked on a tree in the Marquis’ Mansion in Luyang Township, Luyang County.

Under the tree, two guards and two servants in the mansion looked up at the big tree in front of them with a nervous expression, because on this tree, a young man who was about ten years old was climbing, trying to catch a cicada hiding among the branches with his own hands.

This young man was Zhao Yu, the second son of Zhao Jing, the Marquis of Luyang Township, in their mansion.

"Young master, don't go up..."

"Second Young Master, be careful, be careful at your feet..."

"Young master, there is one on your left..."

The servants and guards below reminded them in fear.

"Don't call!"

Stepping on a branch, the boy on the tree shouted unhappily: "I want to catch the largest one..."

As he was talking, he seemed to see his satisfied prey, with a hint of joy on his face. He stretched out his right hand and pinched a cicada hidden among a cluster of leaves in his hand, shouting happily: "I caught, I caught..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a crackling sound, and the branches under the boy's feet broke in response. The boy exclaimed and fell from the tree.

"Young Master!"

"Second Young Master!"

Several servants and guards below exclaimed, rushed towards the position where the young man was about to fall, and rushed to catch him in a hurry.

But the boy's inertia fell down still hit the ground, and the servants and guards fell to the ground.

"Young Master?"

"Second Young Master?"

Putting the little master in his house flat on the ground, the servants and guards nervously checking the little master's condition, fearing that the latter would suffer some trauma.

And their little master seemed to faint because of excessive fright.

Seeing this, several servants and guards looked even more panicked and even blamed each other.

One of the servants pointed at a guard in panic and shouted: "Zhang Ji, it's all your fault that you couldn't catch the young master in time!"

The guard named Zhang Ji was almost angry when he heard this, and he cursed angrily: "Shouldn't you blame you for this? If you hadn't been instigating the second young master to climb a tree, would the second young master fall down?"

Hearing this, the servant defended himself: "Young Master wants to catch cicadas, how dare we stop the people we serve? As a guard, you should ensure the safety of the young master. If the young master accidentally falls down, you should continue in time..."

"Cao An, you bastard!"

The guard named Zhang Ji was furious when he heard this, stared at the servant with his eyes, wishing he could swallow the other party alive.

And just as these people blame each other, another servant shouted: "Don't argue again, the young master seems to have woken up!"

Hearing this, everyone stopped arguing, and they all surrounded the boy, nervously watching the latter's eyelids move slightly, and opened their eyes quietly.

"Young Master..."

"Second Young Master?"

I saw that under several pairs of eyes, the boy slowly opened his eyes.

It can be seen that when the boy opened his eyes and saw a group of people around him, he was obviously stunned for a moment and looked around with some anxiety.

"Young Master."

The most fierce servant who just called Cao An, who squeezed away others and greeted him with concern: "Young Master? Young Master? Are you okay?"

"..." The young man remained silent, but looked at the people around him with a restless look, then looked down at his hands, with a little elusive surprise on his face.

Seeing this, Cao An was wrong and shouted quickly: "Where is the cicada that the young master just caught? Look for it!"

"Oh." The other three people woke up like a dream, and quickly looked for the cicada separately, leaving Cao An to stay by the boy's side, nervously paying attention to the situation of their little master.

A moment later, the other servant shouted in surprise in the distance: "Finished, found!"

As he said that, he hurriedly ran back to the boy, holding a big-looking cicada in both hands, and presented it to the boy.

But to everyone's surprise, the boy was not happy after seeing the cicada. The latter just looked at the cicada in the servant's hand, then looked up at everyone, with a look of confusion and confusion on his face.

Seeing this, Cao An's face appeared a little panic and asked with concern: "Young Master? Young Master? You..."

After shouting twice, he suddenly found that his little master looked at him with a very strange look, as if he saw a stranger, which made him even more panicked: "Young master, I am Cao An... In the past, you have the closest relationship with the little one, you..."

Next to him, the two guards could not help but discuss in private when they saw their little master's condition.

"Zhang Ji, haven't you caught the second young master?"

"I caught it..."

"How come the second young master... did he hit his head?"

"Uh...I haven't noticed this just now..."

At this time, Cao An also heard the whispers of the two guards behind him. After a little thought, he carefully asked the little master in front of him: "Young master, did you... have you hit somewhere when you fell down?... The little one pointed to it, did you accidentally hit your head?"

As he said that, the little master in front of him was still confused, so he forced a smile to point at the tree next to him and explained: "Young master, do you still remember? Just now, when you heard the sound of cicadas in the yard, you decided to catch the biggest one... I never thought that when you caught the cicadas, the branches suddenly broke... It was also a pity that Zhang Ji and those people were too incompetent and failed to catch you. They must punish them heavily after turning back..."

His words made Zhang Ji's guards glar at him, but at this moment, the two guards did not dare to have an attack. After all, they obviously felt that the matter was a bit serious.

Not only them, but in fact, everyone present gradually realized the seriousness of the situation: the little master in front of him didn't know if he hit his head when he fell down or was frightened, and he actually seemed to not recognize them anymore.

"Did you really hit your head?"

Zhang Ji and several other guards muttered in a low voice, looking at each other, all of whom were a little ugly.

For example, Zhang Ji, he reached out to touch the hard leather armor on his body at this moment, wondering if the second young master accidentally hit the hard leather armor on his body when he reached out to catch the second young master just now. After all, he was so panicked just now, and he couldn't guarantee it.

If they really accidentally bumped into it... Although it was leather armor, when Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng looked at each other, they couldn't help feeling a little nervous when they thought of the hardness of the leather armor.

Although this matter is not entirely their responsibility, if this little master is really injured, they will definitely not be able to escape.

At this time, Cao An was still asking the young man with concern: "Young master, maybe you accidentally bumped into him when you fell down... Uh, hit your head, so you didn't recognize the villain... But no matter what, please tell me about your current situation? Do you feel uncomfortable? Young master? Young master?"

Perhaps seeing Cao An keep asking, the young man hesitated for a while before whispering: "I...uh...I'm fine..."

After saying that, he looked at the people around him with a little restrained and uneasy. Seeing that everyone had no abnormal reaction, he continued: "I... just a little... dizzy, want to... rest... uh, take a rest."

When the boy finally spoke, and his mental state was barely in good condition, Cao An, Zhang Ji and others breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone rushed to the latter's house.

After a while, when the boy was already lying down on the bed in the house, Cao An asked, "Young Master, how can Rong Xiaodi stay in the house to serve you?"

"I...I want to take a break alone..." The boy on the bed replied with his head covered with a quilt.

Hearing this, Cao An wanted to speak but stopped. After hesitating for a while, he said helplessly: "Then... well, young master, then you... then you can rest. The little one... the little one and Zhang Ji are guarding outside the house. If anything, you call me..."

"Yes." The boy covered in the bedding responded.

Seeing this, Cao An and Zhang Ji looked at each other, and the two walked out of the house worriedly.

With a creaking sound, the door closed.

At this time, the boy lying on the bed then pulled down the bedding covered with his head, sat up on the bed, looked at his hands incredible expression, and then touched his face again.

“…”

He muttered in his mouth, and the boy looked around, touching his hands, sometimes touching the bedding covering his body, sometimes touching the carvings of his bed, and his face showed deep thoughts that were not as good as those of ten years old.

Immediately, the boy looked inside the room a little confusedly, with a little helplessness and inexplicable panic and uneasiness in his eyes, as if he was full of strangeness and confusion about everything in front of him.

After a while, the boy carefully got out of the bed, stepped on the bluestone bricks in the house barefoot, walked quietly to the door of the outer room, and looked out the room through the crack of the door.

From the crack in the door, the servant named Cao An and the guard named Zhang Ji were still standing under the wooden corridor outside the house, and from time to time they were still arguing quietly, accusing each other.

Shrugging indifferently, the boy quietly returned to the inner room and looked around at the decorations inside the house.

As far as you see, the decorations inside the house are very ancient, with bluestone paved floors and exquisitely carved wooden furniture, which made the boy frown slightly and his expression inexplicably complicated.

Suddenly, the boy glanced at a wall beside him, and saw a jade carved beast on it, which was as big as an adult's head. It looked quite powerful and valuable.

"tiger?"

The boy muttered for the first time.

But after he looked carefully again, he shook his head again, because he saw the jade carved beast, lion, tiger body, with straight patterns on his back, which was very different from the tiger he remembered.

“Blade?”

The boy reached out to caress the jade carving beast curiously. In his previous life, he had no mine at home, but he had never seen such a precious jade carving.

And just then, he suddenly heard the voices of Cao An and Zhang Ji from outside the house: "Greetings to Madam."

The two of them had a little panic and uneasiness in their voices.

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful female voice interrupted him: "Okay, I have learned about the past. I will talk about the punishment for you and the two of you later... Where is the one?"

"The young master is resting in the house..." Cao An whispered.
Chapter completed!